Anime like Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu

Watashi ga Motete Dousunda

Also known as Kiss Him, Not Me.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kae Serinuma is what you'd call a "fujoshi." When she sees boys getting along with each other, she loves to indulge in wild fantasies! One day her favorite anime character dies and the shock causes her to lose a ton of weight. Then four hot guys at school ask her out, but that isn't exciting to her at all — she'd rather see them date each other!



Tags: Male Harem , Tomboy , Female Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Mixed Gender Harem , Shoujo , Parody , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Yuri , School Club , Crossdressing

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

Studio: Studio DEEN , KADOKAWA , Nippon Columbia , Movic , BS Nippon , U-NEXT , Frontier Works , Kadokawa Media House , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyano spends his days reading Boys’ Love manga and worrying about the soft features of his face. His world of fiction becomes reality when a chance encounter leads him to high school senior Sasaki in the middle of a fight. Now, Sasaki wants to spend every opportunity he can to get to know Miyano. And what was once admiration quickly turns into affection.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Meta , Otaku Culture , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Chibi , Table Tennis , Crossdressing , Trains

Tasogare Outfocus

Also known as Twilight Out of Focus.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Kodansha , Sotsu , Movic , Crunchyroll , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A boys’ school film club is the backdrop for three tales of new romance. Mao and Hisashi pair up for a project, make three promises, and draw closer together in the process. The club president, Jin, and a jealous junior named Giichi clash before finding common ground. Shion, a first-year student, joins the film club in search of a boyfriend and butts heads with Rei—until Rei asks him on a date.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Filmmaking , School , School Club , Cohabitation , Acting , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Achronological Order , Kuudere , Fake Relationship , Nudity , Twins , Crossdressing , Estranged Family , Age Gap

Gakuen Handsome

Also known as Gakuen Handsome.

Studio: Team YokkyuFuman
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Baramon High School, a private boys' school for the prefecture's most elite. The protagonist transferred into the school and meets various major players on campus, such as the "outlaw teacher," the soccer captain, and a childhood friend whom the protagonist has not seen in seven years. The school presents opportunities for friendship, love, and conflict. The tagline of the game is, "Whenever you exited the school gates, you were handsome."

Tags: Parody , Boys' Love , School , Male Harem , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Body Horror , Episodic , Male Protagonist

Kami Kuzu☆Idol

Also known as Phantom of the Idol.

Studio: Avex Pictures , Studio Gokumi , TV Tokyo , Ichijinsha , Sotsu , AT-X , BS11 , Contents Seed , Bit Grooove Promotion , NTV Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Supernatural

Most idols are fueled by their love of performing before adoring fans. Yuuya, however, is fueled by his love of an easy paycheck! Yuuya is one half of the idol duo ZINGS, but his supreme laziness (not to mention his disdain for idol fans in general) has him on the brink of getting blacklisted from the business. In a chance backstage encounter, he meets the spectral Asahi, a mysterious former idol who’s eager to stage her own comeback by any means necessary… including assuming complete control of Yuuya's willing body and aiming to become the best idol in the world together! Is their zany partnership a match a made in heaven, or is it pure idol hell?



Tags: Idol , Ghost , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Otaku Culture , Urban Fantasy , Acting , Urban , Afterlife , Josei , CGI , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist

Gakuen Heaven

Also known as Heaven Academy.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Tokyo Kids , Media Blasters , AT-X , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Itou Keita, an average guy, is shocked when he's invited to attend the elite institution, "Bell Liberty Academy". Unnerved by the mystery, he's further distracted by the school's social dynamics. In a sea of amazing young men, Keita struggles to find out what makes him unique, and how he can possibly deserve to be treated as an equal by the boys of BL. Lacking any particular ability, just why has Itou been welcomed into the privileged world of the talented and the beautiful?

Along the way, he develops intense relationships with the almost everyone at school but he is terribly drawn to the friendly, overcaring but very mysterious classmate, Kazuki Endou.

Tags: Male Harem , Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Age Gap , Twins

Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san

Also known as Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san.

Studio: DLE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Honda-san is at war - with business, with out-of-print books, and with people who love manga! Who knew there were so many laughs to be found at the manga counter of a bookstore?! These are the day-to-day happenings that take place at a certain bookstore where the love of manga is abundant.



Tags: Work , Otaku Culture , Slapstick , Skeleton , Episodic , Urban , Autobiographical , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Educational , Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Shoujo

Seikimatsu★Darling

Studio: Horannabi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Ogata, a nice and hardworking man, has only one problem... His love for Takasugi- another man. But by telling Takasugi about his feelings the problem should be gone. Yet another problem arise, Takasugi believes their feelings are too alike and that they therefore can't be together. But who knows what can happen when two men in love go away on a vacation together- both determined to win the seducing game.



Tags: Boys' Love , Chibi , Tokusatsu